{"conversationCode":"039-029","tapeNumber":39,"conversationNumber":29,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-039-029","startDateTime":"1973-05-29T17:46:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-05-29T17:47:00.000Z","startDate":"29-May-1973","startTime":"1:46 PM","endDate":"29-May-1973","endTime":"1:47 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\");","description":"On May 29, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and H. R. (\"Bob\") Haldeman talked on the telephone from 1:46 pm to 1:47 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 039-029 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 39-29\n\nDate: May 29, 1973\nTime: 1:46 pm - 1:47 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n       Incoming telephone call\n\nThe President talked with H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman.\n\n[See also Conversation No. 440-60]\n\n       Haldeman’s location\n             -Lawyer’s office\n\n       President’s schedule\n              -Trip to Iceland\n              -Forthcoming meeting with Haldeman\n                      -Executive Office Building [EOB]\n                      -Duration\n\f                                              -27-\n\n                   NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM","filename":["039-029.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Haldeman, H. R. (\"Bob\")"],"prevCode":"039-028","nextCode":"039-030","transcript":[{"start":0.42,"end":0.82,"text":"Hello?"},{"start":0.88,"end":1.9,"text":"Mr. Haldeman."},{"start":1.92,"end":2.32,"text":"Yes, sir."},{"start":2.6,"end":3.02,"text":"Hi, Bob."},{"start":3.04,"end":3.48,"text":"How are you?"},{"start":3.5,"end":3.94,"text":"Good."},{"start":3.96,"end":4.57,"text":"Where'd I find you?"},{"start":4.75,"end":5.75,"text":"At the lawyer's office."},{"start":6.31,"end":6.65,"text":"Oh, boy."},{"start":7.97,"end":8.95,"text":"My home away from home."},{"start":11.26,"end":15.06,"text":"I was wondering, I've got to go out to Iceland, you know, for about three days."},{"start":15.12,"end":15.96,"text":"Right."},{"start":15.98,"end":19.91,"text":"And I thought maybe we'd go over a few odds and ends and other things."},{"start":20.53,"end":24.36,"text":"Perhaps, could you make the Lincoln sitting room about 9 o'clock tonight, or how are you set?"},{"start":26,"end":26.54,"text":"Or is it about 9?"},{"start":26.56,"end":27.76,"text":"I guess for dinner tonight."},{"start":27.78,"end":28.6,"text":"No, no, no, no, no."},{"start":28.87,"end":31,"text":"So what's your situation now?"},{"start":31.02,"end":31.7,"text":"Are you tied up?"},{"start":31.92,"end":33.75,"text":"No, I can get away now anytime."},{"start":34.29,"end":36.24,"text":"Step over here at the EOB then now."},{"start":36.26,"end":36.36,"text":"Okay."},{"start":37.2,"end":37.62,"text":"Be right over."},{"start":37.65,"end":38.45,"text":"That'll take a half hour."},{"start":38.51,"end":38.91,"text":"Fine."},{"start":38.93,"end":39.99,"text":"All right."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted H. R. Haldeman, who was at his legal counsel's office, to arrange a meeting prior to the President's upcoming three-day trip to Iceland. Nixon requested that Haldeman travel to the Executive Office Building to discuss various outstanding matters. The two agreed that Haldeman would arrive at the EOB within approximately thirty minutes to begin their consultation.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","Presidential scheduling","Iceland trip","Executive Office Building","Legal counsel"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T05:45:09.338Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","presidential-scheduling","iceland-trip","executive-office-building","legal-counsel"],"audioDurationSec":46,"audioFiles":[{"file":"039-029.mp3","bytes":1476608,"durationSec":46.04,"bitrate":256578,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:02.071Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:42.802Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/039-029.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/039-029","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/39/conversation-039-029","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}